Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

Helium is one of our few non-renewable resources, and yet it is critical for many applications as an inert gas and as one of the coldest substances known. The unique properties of this “endangered ...

The key to this breakthrough was the experimental approach: while the materials were synthesized at high temperatures, chemical analyses were performed at cryogenic temperatures to prevent helium ...

Iron can form compounds with helium at pressures as low as 5GPa – about 50,000 atmospheres – researchers in Japan report.

University of Arizona astronomers have learned more about a surprisingly mature galaxy that existed when the universe was ...

Primordial helium, or 3 He, on the other hand is not formed on Earth and contains two protons and one neutron. “I have spent many years studying the geological and chemical processes that take ...

The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...

A private moon mission planned for 2027 will be the first step towards commercial lunar mining of rare and expensive helium-3 ...

It took some detective work, but they think they know what was the cause. The MRI machine uses liquid helium to cool its powerful magnets. Turns out the helium had leaked and over 5 hours about ...